Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 21089, Abial Farnham, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Farnham, Abial Chloe
W. 21089
CONTENTS

144.8 Connecticut
Chloe Farnham widow of Abial Farnham who died on the 13 th day of Feb y 1818 of Windham in the State of Connecticut who was a ser t in the comp y commanded by Captain Spaulding of the regim t commanded by Col l Durkee in the Connecticut line for
5 mos 9 ds. as Serg t 18 mos 21 ds, as private
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 88 Dollars 83 Cents, per annum to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 th day of Dec r 1837 _____ and sent to Hon. Orrin Holt, H. R.
Arrears to the 4 th of March '37 $532.98 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept 1837. 44.41
$577.39
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 d }
Recorded by L. M c Curdy Clerk, Book A. Vol. 2 , Page 68 .

State of Connecticut, Windham County } Probate Office, District of Hampton } p
On this 26 th day of November A. D. 1836 personally appeared before the Court of Probate for the District of Hampton, in the County aforesaid, M rs Chloe Farnham a resident of the town of Hampton, in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut aged seventy five years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 11, 1836: That she is the widow of M r Abial Farnham who was a private in the Army of the Revolution, and enlisted in the Fall of seventeen hundred and eighty one, into a Company commanded by Captain Simon Spaulding; which said Company belonged to a Regiment commanded by Colonel John Burke; and that said Abial Farnham enlisted as aforesaid for the term of three years. She further declares that he the said Abial Farnham entered the service at the time he enlisted, and remained in the service until the close of the war; that when he entered the service he resided in the town of Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut. She further declares that she was married to the said Abial Farnham on the 21 st day of June A. D. seventeen hundred and eighty one; that her husband the aforesaid Abial Farnham died on the 13 th day of February A. D. eighteen hundred and eighteen, and that she has remained a widow ever since that period; as will more fully appear by reference to proof hereto annexed.
Chloe Farnham Sworn to and subscribed on the day

and year above written before the Court of Probate for the District of Hampton. — Mason Cleveland Judge of said Court
I hereby certify that Mrs Chloe Farnham who has sworn to and subscribed the foregoing declaration is a person whose statements are entitled to belief. — Mason Cleveland Judge of said Court of Probate for the District of Hampton

State of Connecticut, Windham County } Probate Office District of Hampton } ss
On this 26 th day of November A.D. 1836 personally appeared before the Court of Probate for the District of Hampton, Windham County, Connecticut, M rs Anna Holt aged seventy five years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath testify and say, That she has ever lived in the neighborhood of M rs Chloe Farnham and has been intimately acquainted with her from her earliest recollections; that she, the deponent was married for the Fall of seventeen hundred & eighty; that the deponent was not a witness of the marriage of the said Chloe Farnham, but remembers distinctly that she had the reputation of being married to M r Abial Farnham the summer next succeeding the time of deponent's marriage, to wit - in the summer of seventeen hundred and eighty one - deponent was married the 19 th day of October A.D. 1780. She the deponent further says that prior, to the said summer of seventeen hundred & eighty one, she the said Chloe Farnham was known and called by the name of Chloe Simons; that ever after that time she was known and called by the name of Chloe Farnham; and that after that time she the said Chloe was the reputed wife of, and lived with, said Abial Farnham up to the time of his death in 1818. - Deponent further states that the said Abial Farnham, after his marriage with said Chloe Simons, had the reputation of being in the revolutionary service from the Fall next

next after his marriage as aforesaid, to the close of the war, and that said Chloe Farnham has remained a widow, ever since the death of her said husband Abial Farnham; and that said Abial Farnham at the time of his decease was a poor man.
Anna Hott
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before the Court of Probate for the District of Hampton. — Mason Cleveland Judge of said Court
I, Mason Cleveland, Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Hampton, in the State of Connecticut do certify that Widow Anna Hott, subscriber to the foregoing deposition is a person of respectability, and whose statements are worthy of credit and entitled to belief, — Mason Cleveland Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Hampton

Certificate of marriage of Mrs. Farnham & Mrs. Holt
Hm Orin Hall H.R.

I, Dyer Hughes, Jr. Town Clerk of the town of Hampton, in the county of Windham and State of Connecticut, being duly sworn according to law, do testify and say, that the following is a true copy of Record in the registry of Marriages for the town of Hampton aforesaid:— "Abial Farnham and Chloe Simons both of Windham were married together June twenty first, seventeen hundred eighty one."— And I, the said Town Clerk do further testify & say that the following is a true copy of Record in the Registry aforesaid:— "Jonathan Holt, Jr. and Anna Faulkner both of Hampton, then Windham, were married together October nineteenth, seventeen hundred eighty."—
Dyer Hughes Jr Town Clerk
State of Connecticut, Windham County, ss.
Hampton September 25. 1837.
Then personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, Dyer Hughes, Jr. Esq. Town Clerk of said town of Hampton & made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed
Chas. S. Cleveland Justice of Peace
I hereby certify that I believe the above signature to be the proper hand writing of Mr. Cleveland and that he is a Justice of the Peace for Windham County V. V. Hoff

for a statement of the military history of Abial Farnham , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. Wid. F. 21,089.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Nov 26, 1781 to end of war. Priv. and Sergt. Simon Spaulding John Durkee Conn.  
Battles engaged in, none stated.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Canterbury, Windham Co. Conn.
Date of application for pension, Nov. 26, 1836. Her cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, Hampton, Windham Co. Conn.
Age at date of application, 75 years, date of birth not stated
Remarks: Soldier mar. June 21, 1781, at Hampton, Windham Co. Conn. Chloe Simmons and died Feb. 13, 1818. There is no further data relative to family.

Reg
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 26089
Chloe Farnham
Widow of
Abial Farnham
Serg. Rev. War.
Act: July 4 th 1836
Index:—Vol. 24 , Page 228
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Sept. 1. 1909. History to Mrs. Lucy M. Cowan. F.W.

Hampton, Dec r 13. 1836.
Sir, —
Herewith I send you the declaration, and evidence to support the same, of, Mrs Charity Robinson, widow of Zophar Robinson, made by her Conservator. — The declaration is necessarily made from the evidence. And as it has been a very great length of time since the events and circumstances, about which the deponents are called upon to testify, transpired, and the witnesses necessarily so aged, — it is by no means impossible that they may be mistaken in some of the particulars to which they have sworn, such as the names of the Officers, dates, &c; but the main facts to wit the marriage and the service after the marriage, are proved I doubt not, without any mistake.
I apprehended some difficulty in obtaining for Mrs Robinson what every body who was acquainted with her, knew to be her due, in consequence of her insanity: — we therefore wrote your Department, and also the Hon. John M. Niles for information in relation to the matter: — but by calling upon some of the Old People in this vicinity, I have been able to apprehend to prove all that is required by your Dep t beyond

the shadow of a doubt. — The witnesses are among the first in point of respectability in our vicinity. — As said Robinson was killed while in the service, it can be but just that his widow, should receive a Pension from the year 1818; but whether it be con- sistent with the provisions of the Law, the Department will decide. —
With high regard,
I am, very Respectfully,
Your Ob t Serv t
Jas. A. Novy, For Chauncy F. Cleveland
J. L. Edwards, Esq. — Commissioner of Pensions.

Hampton, Windham County, Ct Dec. 2. 1836
Sir— I herewith transmit the declaration of Mrs Chloe Farnham, widow, of Abial Farnham, with the evidence deemed necessary to establish her claim, to a pension under the late law of Congress.— Mr Farnham, as will be perceived by the evidence, died soon after the passage of the Pension law of 1818.— Judge Grosvenor's deposition is forwarded for the purpose of enabling the Dep t the more readily to refer to the evidence of his service, which may be found in the War Dep t .
It is hoped and believed, that the evidence furnished in this, as well as the case of Mrs Holt, forwarded with this, will be full and satisfactory.
Truly and Respectfully,
Your Ob t Serv t
Jas. Albert Novey, for Chauncy F. Cleveland
Jam s P. Edwards, Esq. Comm ee of Pensions

I, Lucy Simons, of Chaplin, Windham County and State of Connecticut, aged seventy three years, being first duly sworn according to law, do Depose and say - That I attended the wedding of Mr Abial Farnham and Chloe Simons - that they were married in the summer of seventeen hundred eighty one, - that said Abial Farnham died in the year eighteen hundred eighteen - that Chloe Farnham wife of said Abial Farnham, has remained a widow, ever since the death of the said Abial Farnham. - Deponent further says that said Abial Farnham had the reputation of being in the revolutionary service after his marriage as aforesaid; that she the deponent was knowing to the fact of said Abial Farnham leaving home in seventeen hundred eighty one after said marriage for the purpose of entering the Army - and deponent says that she has, till a few months past ever lived in the neighborhood, and been acquainted, with said Chloe Farnham, and that at the time of said marriage, said Abial Farnham resided in the town of Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut - Subscribed in presence of, Jas. A. Hovey - Sophia Weston
Lucy Simons

State of Connecticut } Windham County } ss. Chaplin Nov. 28. 1836
Then Mrs. Lucy Simons widow of the late Colo. Elijah Simons personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the within deposition for her subscribers - I further certify that her character for truth is above suspicion and her statement entitled to full credit.
Sworn before me
Abenethy F. Cleveland Justice of Peace
State of Connecticut } Windham County } ss. Officer's block of county court
I Abiel Fuller Clerk of the county court for Windham County, hereby certify that Chauncy F. Cleveland Esq. before whom the within deposition was sworn, was at that time and now is a Justice of the Peace for sd. Windham County duly commissioned & sworn. And that the signature purporting to be his, is genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of this court this 2 nd day of December Anno Domini 1836
Abiel Fuller Clerk

State of Connecticut Windham County } ss Probate Office District of Hampton }
On this first day of December in the year eighteen hundred thirty six, personally appeared before the Court of Probate for the District of Hampton, Mr. Thomas Farnham a resident of the town of Hampton, Windham County, Connecticut, aged eighty two years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth depose and say: that he was in the service of the United States in the war of the war of the revolution during the entire war that he was born and has ever lived in what is now the town of Hampton - and that Mr. Abial Farnham was also born, and lived in what is now the town of Hampton, until his decease, which took place in the year eighteen hundred eighteen and that deponent and said Abial Farnham were from their childhood near neighbors and intimately acquainted. - Deponent further says that said Abial Farnham served, under several enlistments, as a private soldier and sergeant during the whole of the revolutionary war, with the exception of about one year at the commencement - that said Abial Farnham was married to Chloe Simons in the year seventeen hundred eighty one, with whom he lived until his decease - and that said Chloe has remained a widow ever since the death of her said husband Abial Farnham, and still lives in said town of Hampton -
Thos. Farnham
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written before the Court of Probate for the District of Hampton -
Mason Cleveland Judge of said Court

I, Mason Cleveland Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Hampton, do certify that Mr. Thomas Farnham subscriber to the deposition to which this certificate is annexed, is a man of respectability, and whose statements are entitled to belief.—
Mason Cleveland Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Hampton

State of Connecticut Windham County } Probate Office District of Hampton S s
I James Albert Hovey, Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Hampton, do certify that the foregoing papers contain the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of obtaining a pension for Mrs Chloe Farnham widow, of Mr Abial Farnham late of Hampton, deceased that Mason Cleveland, Esq. before whom said proceedings were taken, is Judge of the Court aforesaid, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine. —
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this second day of December Anno Domini 1836
Jas. Albert Hovey, Clerk

State of Connecticut Windham County } ss Probate Office, District of Hampton }
On this first day of December A.D. 1836 personally appeared before the Court of Probate for the District of Hampton, in said State, Mr. Benjamin Fuller, a resident of the town of Hampton in said County and State, aged seventy eight years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth depose and say. That he was acquainted with Mr. Abial Farnham late of Hampton, Windham County, Connecticut, deceased, from his earliest recollections - that said Farnham was married, according to best of deponent's recollection, to Chloe Simons, in the Spring or Summer of seventeen hundred eighty one - that in the Fall of the year seventeen hundred eighty one said Farnham enlisted into the revolutionary service - and according to best of deponent's recollection, into the Regiment of which John Durkee was Colonel, and Thomas Grosvenor, Lieutenant Colonel - for the term of three years - and deponent was knowing to the fact of said Farnham entering the service at the time of his said enlistment - and further, deponent was knowing to the fact, that said Farnham remained in the service from the time of said enlistment, till the close of the war. - And deponent further says

that at the time when said Farnham was married and entered the service as aforesaid, he the said Farnham belonged to and resided in the town of Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut - that said Farnham died in the year eighteen hundred eighteen - and that said Chloe has remained a widow ever since the death of her said husband Abial Farnham - and that said Farnham at the time of his decease was a poor man -
Benjamin Fuller
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year aforesaid before the Court of Probate for the District of Hampton - Nason Cleveland Judge of Probate
I, Nason Cleveland Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Hampton, do certify that Mr. Benjamin Fuller who has sworn to, and subscribed the foregoing deposition is a person whose statements are entitled to credit - Nason Cleveland Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Hampton.

State of Connecticut, Windham County } Probate Office, District of Hampton } ss
On this 26 th day of November A.D. 1836 personally appeared before the Court of Probate for the District of Hampton Hon. Philip Pease a resident of the town of Hampton Windham County and State of Connecticut, aged fifty three years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth depose and say: - That he was acquainted with Mr. Abial Farnham from his earliest recollections to the time of the said Farnham's death, and also with Mrs. Chloe Farnham his present widow; that the said Abial Farnham died in the winter of 1817 - 1818, and that the said Chloe Farnham has never been married since that period. - The deponent further says that the said Abial Farnham had the reputation of having enlisted into the Army of the Revolution for the term of three years, and of having served in said Army during said time; that from the deponent's earliest recollections to the time of said Abial Farnham's death the said Chloe Farnham was the wife of said Abial Farnham, and at the time of said Farnham's decease he the said Farnham was a poor man.
Philip Pease
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before the Court of Probate for the District of Hampton. - Mason Cleveland Judge of said Court

I Mason Cleveland Judge of Probate for the District of Hampton, in the State of Connecticut, do certify that Hon. Philip Pearl subscriber to the foregoing deposition is a person of respectability, and whose statements are deserving of belief.
Mason Cleveland Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Hampton

V794. 3. sw.
Chloe Farnham widow of Abial -
Rolls - Benton - Butler Nov. 26 '81 - 3 yrs - Singt. June 17. '83
Adm d Supt 5 mo 9 d } fr 18 21 } com d 4 mnd 1831
Hon. Orin Holt H R

I Thomas M c Grosvenor of Pomfret in the County of Windham & State of Connecticut of lawful age testify and say - That the Regimental Book of the first Connecticut Regiment in the War of the Revolution kept by my late father Thomas Grosvenor who was a Lieut. Colonel & Commandant of said Reg t at the close of said War with Great Britain, is now in my possession - and I find the name of Abiah Farnham who it appears by said Book enlisted as a private on the 26 th day of November A.D. 1781 into the 4 th Company of said Regiment commanded by Capt. Silvanus Spaulding - for the term of three years - which Regiment at the time he the said Farnham so enlisted was commanded by Col o John Durkee - and further that said Farnham at the time he enlisted as aforesaid, belonged to, and resided in the town of Canterbury in said County of Windham - and further the Deponent says not -
Thos. M c Grosvenor
State of Connecticut, ss - Pomfret, Windham County, November 23, A.D. 1836 -
Then personally appeared Thomas M c Grosvenor and made solemn Oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him

subscribed, before me, James Albert Hovey of Hampton aforesaid, Notary Public within and for said State. _____
In witness whereof, I, the said Notary have here- unto set my hand and seal of Office this twenty third day of November A.D. eighteen hundred and thirty six:—
James Albert Hovey, Notary Public. #

August twenty third '09
508 24 th St. Warren Pa.
Dear Sir
Our Chapter are arranging to erect a monument to the Soldiers of the Revolution, that are buried in Warren Co. Pa. we are making out a roll, to be put in the corner stone, and are trying to get the services and dates of Birth and death, of these soldiers, that is why Mrs Morrow has written for so many pension records. As she lives over twenty miles from myself I do not know how discriminating she has been but when the certificates were handed to me last May, I noticed one or two that are useless. Our Regent said that the Department had refused to let her hear more. I would like to send for some for the book, but if I can do so will only send for those that I have verified and know are buried in the County. I wish to make some inquiries for some men whose services services and dates of birth, etc. are necessary to have to fill out applications for membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution, the 1 st one is one Robert Cowan (or Cowen) who enlisted from Cambridge Washington Co. N.Y. in Col. Abram Van Wouerts regiment, in the Revolution. He went to Cambridge from Mass. and we cannot get a trace of his birthplace, or date of death. He must

TICHOUTE CHAPTER. TICHOUTE, PA.
have had either a pension or a land Warrant, his wife's name was Joanna Rogers, one of his sons was Ephraim, born June 19, 1766. Ephraim's son Robert was in the war of 1812-14.
Also, Abial Farnham, of Hampton Windham Co., Conn. Enlisted in Revolutionary War, June 16, 1777, for 32 years. mustered out June 16, 1780
Served under Capt. Stephen Brown
Col. John Darklee, of Norwich. We have learned that his widow drew a pension, we want to get her name, date of his birth etc, we have tried every other way, but a copy of the application would probably have the necessary data. He had a son Walter born, 1794, the names of the other children I do not know
Last Spring Our Regent sent a clipping to me about a Real Daughter said to have been living on Nurey Mountain named Mrs. Elizabeth Evans Reese, her father was a captain in infantry, is any such person carried on the rolls. I have written to several people in different Nurey's but no one seems to know about her. The Daughters of the Amer. Rev. pension all real daughters, when possible, and we want very much to locate her if living. She was said to be 90 yrs. old.
Yours. Sincerely
Mrs. Lucy M. Cowan
Registrar Tichoute Chapter D.A.R.